Nitric Acid → 3,3'-Dinitro-4-bromo benzophenone

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A 2 L, 3 necked round bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, thermocouple and ice-bath was charged with concentrated H2SO4(aq) (635 mL) and concentrated HNO3(aq) (62 mL). The flask and its contents were cooled to 0° C. (4-Bromo-phenyl)-(3-nitro-phenyl)-methanone (127 g, 0.42 mol) was added over a period of 1 h and the temperature was kept under 10° C. Thirty minutes later, the reaction was complete by thin layer chromatographic analysis (Hexanes/EtOAc 6:4). The reaction was poured into ice-H2O (2 L). The solids were filtered, washed with H2O (4 L), saturated NaHCO3(aq) (1 L) and an additional portion of H2O (1 L). The product was dried at 45° C., for 48 h yielding (4-Bromo-3-nitro-phenyl)-(3-nitro-phenyl)-methanone in 95% (138.4 g, 0.39 mol).

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